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30 11, 2018

DEC Announces $2.24 Million in Urban Forestry Grants Awarded to Projects Statewide

By |2018-11-30T18:52:41-05:00November 30th, 2018|Categories: Funding, Grants, NYSDEC|0 Comments

DEC ANNOUNCES $2.24 MILLION IN URBAN FORESTRY GRANTS AWARDED TO PROJECTS STATEWIDE Funding Supports Tree Plantings and Projects to Protect Air Quality, Water Quality and Natural Resources New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos recently announced $2.24 million in grants for urban forestry [...]

20 11, 2018

Save the Date! ReLeaf 2019: July 18-20 in the Hudson Valley

By |2018-11-20T18:29:30-05:00November 20th, 2018|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=57&v=jbkxXlM96-I NY ReLeaf 2019 will be July 18-20 at Mount St. Mary College in Newburgh. "What a beautiful campus!" says Council President Karen Emmerich. "It has wonderful views of the Hudson, both north and south, and a view across to Beacon and the Hudson Highlands." Details of the [...]

13 11, 2018

Watertown’s 17th Annual Fall Planting Event

By |2018-11-20T15:03:47-05:00November 13th, 2018|Categories: Funding, Grants, Tree Planting, Volunteers|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Volunteers and Watertown City Planner Michael DeMarco (holding stakes) plant a bare root dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) in Cosgrove-Sherman St. Park. Reported by Michael DeMarco, Planner for the City of Watertown and ISA Certified Arborist October 20, 2018 marked the City of Watertown’s 17th Annual Fall [...]

27 10, 2018

Accounting for Trees in Stormwater Models

By |2018-10-27T12:52:24-04:00October 27th, 2018|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

This paper is intended to help the stormwater engineering community more easily account for trees in runoff and pollutant load calculations so that they can more readily incorporate them into their stormwater management strategies. It summarizes existing hydrologic and hydraulic models that can be applied at the [...]

27 10, 2018

New York with 22 Champs in 2018 American Forests Champion Trees Register

By |2021-11-19T17:10:05-05:00October 27th, 2018|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , |0 Comments

Council Board Member Joe Charap measuring the national champion Franklin tree (Franklinia alatamaha), located in Green-Wood Cemetery. Photo by Erik Danielsen The 2018 American Forests Champion Trees national register has 783 national champions and co-champions, including 165 newly crowned specimens. Of the 783, 22 champions reside [...]

25 10, 2018

Fillable PDF Worksheet for Review of Municipal Codes & Ordinances

By |2018-10-27T12:40:19-04:00October 25th, 2018|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: |0 Comments

This new, free resource was designed to help communities conserve tree canopy during construction. Making Your Community Forest-Friendly is a 3-part publication that describes the components of a “forest-friendly” community, provides a fillable PDF worksheet for evaluating existing local regulations, and highlights additional ideas for making a community forest-friendly, beyond regulatory changes.  […]

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